Edinburgh jeweller

I wrote this blog post for the London Jewellery School blog (as I am one of their business tutors) It can be difficult to find advice and resources if you are working for yourself. I've put together some of her favourite online resources for you in a series of blog posts. In the first of this series, I tackled resources for help with sales and selling . In this post I have looked at financial and legal issues. Setting up a jewellery business can feel like a minefield. You don’t always know what you don’t know! Here are some resources to help you feel more organised and clued up. Registering your business and submitting your tax return If you are going to start up a jewellery business you need to register with HMRC. It is worth viewing some of the HMRC webinars or signing up for a free live webinar as you can ask questions and get clarification on your situation. Filing an online tax return It is important to work out a system for keeping up to date wi...

Own-It I have recently had a request for some one to one jewellery business advice. Most of the request was pretty straightforward but I was asked something quite complex about copyright of digital images purchased and used in jewellery. This was a little above my legal knowledge (!) but a colleague recommended I check out Own It . Own-it is a UK based site that has a large knowledge bank of FAQs and factsheets for commonly asked questions, podcasts and videos about intellectual property and the creative industries. If your question is not answered on any of these you can register with them for free and ask an expert. You submit your query along with photos (if appropriate). This is what I am going to recommend my client does. It's a straightforward useful resource for those difficult questions. Take a look